This chart shows the water level in Cowichan Lake for the previous 18 months. It is usually kept up-to-date to yesterday. The chart comes from the Water Survey of Canada which maintains five automated stations within the Cowichan Watershed. The Cowichan Watershed Board provides a portal to the WSC on the Discharge Charts page. This […]
Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Service
On October 20, 2018, voters in the Cowichan Valley Regional District will be presented with a referendum asking if they support establishment of a "Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Service." The purpose of the Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Service is to manage water effectively and to support sustainable communities within watershed carrying capacities. Referendum […]
[Chek TV] Dozens gather for community-wide clean up along the Cowichan River
WATCH: A clean-up along the Cowichan River is part of an annual event aimed at preserving the waterway for future generations. Ceilidh Millar reports. Dozens gathered in Duncan on Sunday morning to clean up their backyard and the river that runs through it. “This is a heritage river that is going directly into our oceans,” […]
We have a plan for water ÔÇö vote this fall
We finally have a plan for water management in the Cowichan watershed. Parker Jefferson, Cowichan Valley Citizen, Jun 10, 2018 After several decades of meetings, discussions, ideas and arguments we finally have a plan for water management in the Cowichan watershed. Long-time river guide and protector Joe Saysell told me recently that he and others […]
Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry
Cowichan Valley Citizen / Lexi Banas / Aug. 22, 2018 4:30 p.m. Rescue squads have been busy this summer moving fish fry from the small pools that are all that’s been left of the creeks flowing into Cowichan Lake. Even rivers, like Mesachie Lake’s Robertson River, that can roar during the winter time, have become […]